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From: Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Extending C with GC?
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BartC <bc@freeuk.com> writes:

> On 08/08/2016 04:21, Ian Collins wrote:
>> On 08/ 8/16 11:04 AM, BartC wrote:
>>>
>>> I believe in having a C compiler (and linker), and simple human-readable
>>> /instructions/ on how to build a project. (Have the make-file too if you
>>> like but not instead of.)
>>
>> Good luck building something small like an OS kernel, or a compiler with
>> a C compiler and simple instructions.  See you back here next year.
>
> Any compiler *I* produce can be built with simple instructions (partly
> because I keep them simple, partly because I MAKE THE EFFORT).

Well, that's one of the advantages of software that only ever needs to
be run on one machine.